View of Ancient and Modern Egypt: With an Outline of Its Natural HistoryOliver, 1844 - 460 pages |
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... inhabitants with the oppression and barbarism from which they have gradually emerged . In this point of view the successive communications of Mr Salt are extremely important ; as are also several notices which have been received in this ...
... inhabitants with the oppression and barbarism from which they have gradually emerged . In this point of view the successive communications of Mr Salt are extremely important ; as are also several notices which have been received in this ...
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... Inhabitants of the Desert - Shar- kin - Myos Hormus - Cosseir , Page 357 CHAPTER X. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE EGYPTIANS . Great Variety of Manners in Egypt - Funeral Ceremonies described by Diodorus - Judgment pronounced on the Dead ...
... Inhabitants of the Desert - Shar- kin - Myos Hormus - Cosseir , Page 357 CHAPTER X. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE EGYPTIANS . Great Variety of Manners in Egypt - Funeral Ceremonies described by Diodorus - Judgment pronounced on the Dead ...
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... inhabitants of Thebes and Memphis had made a vast progress in civilisation , and were even found gratifying a learned curiosity by inquiries into the constitution of the universe , and into the laws which regulate the movements of the ...
... inhabitants of Thebes and Memphis had made a vast progress in civilisation , and were even found gratifying a learned curiosity by inquiries into the constitution of the universe , and into the laws which regulate the movements of the ...
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... inhabitants of Western India , and those of the first settlers on the Upper Nile . The temples of Nubia , for example , exhibit the same features , whether as to the style of architecture or the form of worship to which they were ...
... inhabitants of Western India , and those of the first settlers on the Upper Nile . The temples of Nubia , for example , exhibit the same features , whether as to the style of architecture or the form of worship to which they were ...
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... inhabitants of China must have been a colony from Egypt . But it is easy to account for all such facts upon a much more obvious as well as a more rational hypothesis . No one can have failed to remark , that among the most ancient ...
... inhabitants of China must have been a colony from Egypt . But it is easy to account for all such facts upon a much more obvious as well as a more rational hypothesis . No one can have failed to remark , that among the most ancient ...
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Alexandria ancient Egypt ancient Egyptians antiquity appears Arabian Arabs architecture arms army authority Belzoni beys Bitter Lakes building Cairo called canal capital celebrated chafing-dish chamber character colour columns Copts covered Dendera Denon described desert Diodorus dynasty edifice Egyp entrance erected Europe European eyes farther feet figures French granite Greek ground height Herodotus hieroglyphs hundred Ibrahim inches inhabitants inscriptions inundation king l'Egypte labour lake land latter length Luxor magnificence Mamlouks Manetho mentioned ments miles modern Mohammed monuments native Nile Nubia Oasis object observed pasha passage period person pillars possession present priests principal Psammeticus Ptolemy pyramids reader Red Sea regard reign remains remarkable resemblance river rock Roman ruins sacred Saladin sand says sculptures side similar statue stone Strabo sultan Syria temple Thebes thousand tion tomb town traveller troops Turks Upper Egypt valley viceroy walls whole